(19)
(11) EP 1 555 771 B1

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
13.10.2010 Bulletin 2010/41

(21) Application number: 05008682.6

(22) Date of filing: 31.03.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04B 7/26(2006.01)

(54)

Method and means for allocating time slots in a TDD system

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Zuweisung von Zeitschlitzen in einem TDD-System

Méthode et dispositif pour attribuer des intervalles de temps dans un système TDD


(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(43) Date of publication of application:
20.07.2005 Bulletin 2005/29

(60) Divisional application:
10168939.6 / 2230779

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
98105892.8 / 0948147

(73) Proprietor: Sony Deutschland GmbH
10785 Berlin (DE)

(72) Inventor:
  • Izumi, Seiichi, Sony Deutschland GmbH
    70327 Stuttgart (DE)

(74) Representative: Körber, Martin Hans et al
Mitscherlich & Partner Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Postfach 33 06 09
80066 München
80066 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
EP-A- 0 670 640
US-A- 5 566 172
   
  • POVEY G J R ET AL: "A review of time division duplex-CDMA techniques" IEEE ISSSTA. IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS, vol. 2, 2 September 1998 (1998-09-02), pages 630-633, XP002133410
  • LAN CHEN ET AL: "A dynamic channel assignment algorithm for asymmetric traffic in voice/data integrated TDMA/TDD mobile radio" PROCEEDINGS OF ICICS. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, 9 September 1997 (1997-09-09), pages 215-219vol1, XP002076254
   
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Description


[0001] The present invention relates to a communication method and unit for communicating in a time division duplex communication system.

[0002] In a time division duplex communication system, examples of which are the GSM-standard for outdoor mobile communication or the DECT-standard for indoor mobile telephone communication, the receiving and the transmitting channels are separated on a time basis. E.g. in the DECT-standard, the information is transmitted in time frames of a length of 10 ms having 24 time slots. The first 12 time slots are used for the downlink connection, that is the transmission of data from a base station to a mobile station. The last 12 time slots are used for the uplink connection, that is for the transmission of data from a mobile station to the base station. In the GSM-standard, a combination of a frequency division duplex and a time division duplex is used. The information is transmitted in time frames having 8 time slots, whereby the uplink connection is provided in a lower frequency band and the downlink connection is provided in a higher frequency band. Each of the 8 time slots in each frame is assigned to a different mobile station. Thereby, the time slots assigned to a certain mobile station within a downlink time frame are separated from the time slots assigned to the same mobile station in the uplink time frame by two time slots. In other words, if e.g. the first time slot in a downlink time frame is assigned to a certain mobile station, the fourth time slot in an uplink time frame is assigned to the same mobile station. The time basis separation of the uplink and downlink time slots enables the construction of the mobile stations to be made more simple, since the reception and the transmission of data does not take place simultaneously.

[0003] Since in telecommunication systems as e.g. the GSM-system the data transfer rate is restricted, attempts have been made to increase the data transfer rate by allocating more than one time slot per frame to a certain mobile station. In JP 05153033-A such a TD digital mobile telecommunication system is disclosed, in which the same frequency for transmitting and receiving information is used. 1 to N time slots within one uplink time frame are allocated to one mobile station and 1 to N time slots within one downlink time frame are allocated to one mobile station depending on the information volume to be transferred between the mobile station and a base station.

[0004] Each frame is allocated either to the uplink transfer of data or the downlink transfer of data. The uplink time frames cannot e used for a downlink transfer of data, so that a strong asymmetric transmission of information with a large difference between the amount of uplink data and the amount of downlink data is not possible.

[0005] In JP 07107546-A, a TDMA radio communication system is disclosed, in which the ratio between the number of uplink and downlink time slots within one time frame or one super frame consisting of several time frames is changed according to the total amount of traffic between a base station and mobile stations. In case of fast changing data transfer amounts, the switching point within each frame between the uplink time slots and the downlink time slots often changes position. Every change of such a switching point requires a reallocation of several time slots for the different connected mobile stations. This known systems therefore requires a complicated circuitry.

[0006] The slot allocation method disclosed in EP 654916-A2 suffers from the same problems.

[0007] The document of LAN CHEN ET AL: "A dynamic channel assignment algorithm for asymmetric traffic in voice/data integrated TDMA/TDD mobile radio" discloses a personal communications system wherein an algorithm moves the TDD boundary adaptively whenever it is required.

[0008] The document EP 0 670 640 A discloses a radio communications system of the DECT type, whereby said system operates with a TDMA/TDD structure and with time slots for transmission of, inter alia, data. Moreover, two adjacent time slots are combined to form a double time slot.

[0009] The object of the present invention is therefore to provide a communication method and a communication unit for transmitting and receiving information in a time division duplex communication system, which allow a simple and efficient time slot allocation for varying transfer information amounts.

[0010] The above object is achieved by a communication method according to claim 1 and a communication unit according to claim 5. Advantageous features of the invention are defined in the respective sub-claims.

[0011] In the following description, preferred embodiments of the present invention are explained relating to the accompanying drawings, in which

figure 1 shows an example of a fixed block comprising one receiving time slot and one transmitting time slot being located at the beginning of respective time frames,

figure 2 shows some time frames whith additional transmitting tine slots and additional receiving time slots,

figure 3 shows some other time frames, wherein one of the time frames is saturated with data to be transmitted or received, so that an additional switcching point is present,

figure 4 shows an enlarged section of figure 3 showing a timing advance of an additional transmitting time slot adjacent to a preceding receiving time slot, and

figure 5 shows a schematic example of a communication unit comprising a means for allocating time slots according to the present invention.



[0012] In figure 1, three time frames F1, F2 and F3 are schematically shown. Each frame contains e.g. eight time slots, as in a GSM-system. Although all time frames shown in figure 1, 2 and 3 comprise eight time slots, the present invention is not limited to this case and the time frames can comprise any other required number of time slots. In each frame, the first two time slots 1 and 2 build a fixed block comprising a transmitting time slot 1 and a receiving time slot 2. In case that the present invention is implemented e.g. in a mobile station of a telecommunication system, the transmitting time slot is an uplink time slot for transmitting data or information from the mobile station to a base station, and the receiving time slot 2 is a downlink time slot for transmitting data from the base station to the mobile station. The transmitting time slot 1 and the receiving time slot 2 are thus assigned to a certain pair of communication units, e.g. a base station and a mobile station. The base station can thereby be part of the multiple access communication system, in which one frame is assigned to several mobile stations. The fixed block comprising the transmitting time slot 1 and the receiving time slot 2, however, is always on a fixed position.

[0013] In the first and second frame F1 and F2 shown in figure 1, the six remaining time slots 3 to 8 in each frame are not used for transferring information. Since the transmitting time slot 1 is placed in advance of the receiving time slot 2, this slot allocation can cope with timing advance as explained above. For a base station, the timing advance is adjusted by adjusting the timing of the time slots transmitted from the base station to the mobile station.

[0014] In the example shown in figure 1, the first frame F1, the next frame F2 and the third frame F3 are not saturated since only the transmitting time slot 1 and the transmitting time slot 2 of the fixed flock are used to transfer information in each of the frames.

[0015] The last time slot 8 of the third frame F3 is an additional transmitting time slot of the fixed block of the fourth frame F4 of figure 4.

[0016] In figure 2, information are transmitted in the transmitting time slot 1 and the receiving time slot 2 forming a fixed block in each of the shown frames F4, F5 and F6, as in the first example shown in figure 1. However, since there is more information to send and to receive, an additional transmitting time slot 8 is added before the time slot 1 of the fixed block in the time axis direction. Additional receiving time slots 3 and 4 are added behind the receiving time slot 2 in the time axis direction. Thus, an increased amount of information or data can be transferred between a mobile station and a base station or between several mobile stations and one base station. In the later case, the additional transmitting and/or receiving time slots can be allocated to different mobile stations. For example in the fifth time frame F5, the additional receiving time slots 3, 4, 5 can be allocated to one or more different mobile stations. The position of the basis block, however, remains unchanged, so that the switching point between transmitting and receiving information, which is located between the first time slot 1 and the second time slot 2 in each frame, remains on the same position. This switching point is the only switching point, since the time frames are not saturated with information to be transferred. As can be seen from figure 2, according to the present invention, the number of additional transmitting time slots and additional receiving time slots an be increased independently, so that an asymmetric transmission of data is possible. In case of a multiple access communication system, in which one time frame is assigned to several mobile stations, the additional time slots can be allocated to one or more different mobile stations. For a certain mobile station, the time slots to be transmitted or received may not come in a regular interval. However, the pattern of the slot allocation is maintained and continued over at least several frames, e.g. two frames F1 and F2 as shown in figure 1. In figure 2, the slot allocation pattern changes for the succeeding frames F4, F5 and F6. The pattern of the slot allocation is advantageously not changed frame by frame, but is changed only, when the required data amount to be transferred is changed. This is the case for the time frame shown in figure 2, in which the data amount to be transferred is reduced to one transmitting time slot from frame F4 to frame F5 and the receiving time slot 2 from frame F5 to frame F6.

[0017] In case of a multiple access communication system, in which different time slots are assigned to different mobile stations, the time slots 3 and 4 being used as additional receiving time slots and the time slot 8 being used as additional transmitting time slot in the time frame F4 can be assigned to a second mobile station, when the transmitting time slot 1 and the receiving time slot 2 or the fixed block are assigned to a first mobile station. The time slots 3 and 4 can also be allocated to a second mobile station and a third mobile station, respectively.

[0018] In case that the amount of information to be transferred is further increased, the maximum information transfer rate can e achieved by using all the time slots in each time frame for transferring data, as shown in figure 3 for the time frame F7. In the shown example, the transmitting time slot 1 and the receiving time slot 2 are still on their fixed position at the beginning of each time frame. The time slots 3 to 7 of the frame F7 are used as additional receiving time slots. Thereby, the different time slots 3 to 7 can be assigned or allocated to different mobile stations. An additional transmitting time slot 8 is also used in the time frame F7, so that the last additional receiving time slot 7 and the succeeding additional transmitting time slot 8 are adjacent to each other. If in this situation the base station is located close to the mobile station, so that the propagation delay is small, there is no serious problem. If, however, the base station is located far from the mobile station, e.g. a few kilometre, the mobile station has to transmit the transmitting time slot 8 in advance to compensate for the propagation delay. In other words, a timing advance is necessary. Therefore, the mobile station has less time to receive the last additional receiving time slot 7. This situation is shown in more detail in figure 4. Figure 4 shows a section of figure 3 with the last additional receiving time slot 7 and the additional transmitting time slot 8 of the preceding frame F7 as well as the transmitting time slot 1 of the succeeding time frame F8. As can be seen from figure 4, the last portion of the receiving time slot 7 is emptied and used as a guard period to enable an earlier transmission of the additional transmitting time slot 8. It has to be understood, that the timing advance problem only occurs, when a receiving time slot and a succeeding transmitting time slot are adjacent to each other, which are assigned to the same mobile station. It is therefore advantageous, not to allocate successive transmitting and receiving time slots to one mobile station in this case.

[0019] In time frame F8 following time frame F7 with the maximum information transfer, the amount of information to be transferred is reduced and only the time slots 3, 4 and 5 are allocated as additional receiving time slots. In the following time frame F9, the amount of information to be transferred is further reduced to the basic block comprising the transmitting time slot 1 and the receiving time slot 2.

[0020] In figure 5, a communication unit 10, in which the present invention is incorporated or implemented, is schematically shown. The communication unit 10 can e.g. be a mobile station or a base station of a mobile telecommunication system.

[0021] The communication unit 10 comprises an antenna 11, through which information modulated onto respective carrier frequencies can be transmitted and received. The communication unit 10 comprises a receiving means 12, which receives incoming information through the antenna 11 and supplies the received information to a control unit 13, in which the received information are demodulated, decoded, etc. In a known manner. The control unit 13 comprises an allocation means 15, in which the time slots of the predetermined time frames are allocated depending on the amount of information to be transferred as receiving or transmitting time slots according to the method explained above. The control unit 13 can thus also comprise a means for determining the amount of information to be transferred, i.e. received or transmitted to give corresponding information to the allocation means 15, so that the allocation means 15 correspondingly allocates the time slots as receiving or transmitting time slots depending an the amount of transfer information. The allocation means 15 of the control unit 13 allocates the time slots according to the slot allocation method explained above in relation to figures 1 to 4. Thereafter, the control unit 13 provides a transmission means 14 with corresponding information to be transmitted within the correspondingly allocated time slots by means of the antenna 11 to another communication unit. The control unit 13 can further comprise a guard period means 16, which, in case that an additional receiving time slot and an additional transmitting time slot become adjacent to each other, e.g. in the case shown in figures 3 and 4, provides a guard period in at least one of said adjacent additional time slots. As stated above, this situation becomes only relevant in the case that the preceding receiving time slot and the succeeding transmitting time slot are assigned to the same communication unit 10. In this case it is advantageous, if the guard period means 16 provides said guard period at the end of said additional receiving time slots, e.g. the additional receiving time slot 7 of time frame F7, shown in figure 3 and 4.


Claims

1. Communication method for transmitting and receiving information in a time division duplex communication system, in which the information is transmitted in predetermined time frames (F) having a predetermined number of time slots, said method comprising the step of
allocating the time slots as receiving time slots and transmitting time slots, whereby first a pair composed of a transmitting time slot and a receiving time slot directly succeeding said transmitting time slot is allocated in each frame, whereby, when the amount of information to be transferred is changed, the total number of allocated time slots is changed dynamically by adding additional receiving time slots succeeding said receiving time slot and by adding additional transmitting time slots preceding said transmitting time slot,
further comprising the step of allocating at least the time slot (8) directly preceding the first transmitting time slot (1) in the directly succeeding time frame (Fj+1) as an additional transmitting time slot dependent on the amount of information to be transferred, wherein the last time slot of said time frame is not allocated as receiving time slot and the allocation of the time slots has been carried out for all the time slots of the frame, and
whereby
each time frame (F1, F2, ...) comprises
one of said additional receiving time slots, said additional receiving time slot being directly succeeded by a transmitting time slot, said transmitting time slot being one of said additional transmitting time slots or being part of the succeeding time frame,
wherein
a guard period (17) is provided in said additional receiving time slot or said transmitting time slot directly succeeding said addition receiving time slot, and said additional receiving time slot and said transmitting time slot directly succeeding said additional receiving time slot are assigned to the same communication unit (10).
 
2. Communication method according to claim 1,
further comprising
that the number of receiving time slots and the number of transmitting time slots are independent from each other.
 
3. Communication method according to claim 1 or 2,
further comprising
that in said adjacent receiving and transmitting time slots a receiving time slot (7) is preceding and a transmitting time slot is succeeding.
 
4. Communication method according to claim 3,
further comprising
that said guard period (17) is provided at the end of said receiving time slot (7).
 
5. Communication unit (10) for transmitting and receiving information in a time division duplex communication system,
in which the information is transmitted in predetermined time frames (F) having a predetermined number of time slots,
comprising
allocation means (15) for allocating the time slots as receiving time slots and transmitting time slots, whereby first a pair composed of a transmitting time slot and a receiving time slot directly succeeding said transmitting time slot is allocated in each frame;
determining means for determining an amount of information to be transferred, whereby the slot allocation by the allocation means (15) is changed when the amount of information to be transferred is changed,
wherein the total number of allocated time slots is changed dynamically by means of said allocation means (15) adding additional receiving time slots succeeding said receiving time slot and adding additional transmitting time slots preceding said transmitting time slot,
whereby at least the time slot (8) directly preceding the first transmitting time slot (1) in the directly succeeding time frame (Fj+1) is allocated as an additional transmitting time slot dependent on the amount of information to be transferred, wherein the last time slot of said time frame is not allocated as receiving time slot and the allocation of the time slots has been carried out for all the time slots of the frame, and
whereby
each time frame (F1, F2, ...) comprises one of said additional receiving time slots, said additional receiving time slot being directly succeeded by a transmitting time slot, said transmitting time slot being one of said additional transmitting time slots or being part of the succeeding time frame, wherein
a guard period means (16), which is part of said communication unit (10), provides a guard period (17) in said additional receiving or said transmitting slot directly succeeding said additional receiving time slot, and said additional receiving time slot and said transmitting time slot directly succeeding said additional receiving time slot are assigned to the same communication unit (10).
 
6. Communication unit (10) according to claim 5,
further comprising
that the number of receiving time slots and the number of transmitting time slots are independent from each other.
 
7. Communication unit (10) according to claim 5 or 6,
further comprising
that in said adjacent receiving and transmitting time slots a receiving time slot is preceding and a transmitting time slot is succeeding.
 
8. Communication unit (10) according to claim 7,
further comprising
that said guard period means (16) provides said guard period (17) at the end of said receiving time slot (7).
 


Ansprüche

1. Kommunikationsverfahren zum Übertragen und Empfangen von Information in einem Zeitmultiplex-Duplex-Kommunikationssystem, bei dem die Information in vorher festgelegten Zeitrahmen (F) übertragen wird, welche eine vorher festgelegte Anzahl von Zeitschlitzen haben, wobei das Verfahren den Schritt aufweist des
Zuordnens der Zeitschlitze als Empfangszeitschlitze und Übertragungszeitschlitze, wobei zuerst ein Paar, das aus einem Übertragungszeitschlitz und einem Empfangszeitschlitz unmittelbar nach dem Übertragungszeitschlitz besteht, in jedem Rahmen zugeordnet wird, wobei, wenn die zu übermittelnde Informationsmenge sich ändert, die Gesamtzahl zugeordneter Zeitschlitze durch Hinzufügen zusätzlicher Empfangszeitschlitze nach dem erwähnten Empfangszeitschlitz und durch Hinzufügen von zusätzlichen Übertragungszeitschlitzen vor dem erwähnten Übertragungszeitschlitz dynamisch geändert wird,
weiterhin den Schritt aufweist des Zuordnens von zumindest dem Zeitschlitz (8) unmittelbar vor dem ersten Übertragungszeitschlitz (1) in dem unmittelbar nachfolgenden Zeitrahmen (Fj+1) als zusätzlichen Übertragungszeitschlitz abhängig von der zu übermittelnden Informationsmenge, wobei der letzte Zeitschlitz des Zeitrahmens nicht als Empfangszeitschlitz zugeordnet wird und die Zuordnung der Zeitschlitze für alle Zeitschlitze des Rahmens durchgeführt wurde, und
wobei jeder Zeitrahmen (F1, F2,...),
einen der zusätzlichen Empfangszeitschlitze umfasst, wobei der zusätzliche Empfangszeitschlitz unmittelbar von einem Übertragungszeitschlitz gefolgt ist, wobei dieser Übertragungszeitschlitz einer der zusätzlichen Übertragungszeitschlitze oder Teil des nachfolgenden Zeitrahmens ist,
wobei eine Sicherheitsperiode (17) in dem zusätzlichen Empfangszeitschlitz oder dem Übertragungszeitschlitz unmittelbar nach dem zusätzlichen Empfangszeitschlitz vorgesehen ist, und der zusätzliche Empfangszeitschlitz und der Übertragungszeitschlitz unmittelbar nach dem zusätzlichen Empfangszeitschlitz der gleichen Kommunikationseinheit (10) zugeordnet sind.
 
2. Kommunikationsverfahren gemäß Anspruch 1, weiterhin aufweisend, dass die Anzahl der Empfangszeitschlitze und die Anzahl der Übertragungszeitschlitze unabhängig voneinander sind.
 
3. Kommunikationsverfahren gemäß Anspruch 1 oder 2, weiterhin aufweisend, dass in den benachbarten Empfangs- und Übertragungszeitschlitzen ein Empfangszeitschlitz (7) vorausgeht und ein Übertragungszeitschlitz nachfolgt.
 
4. Kommunikationsverfahren gemäß Anspruch 3, weiterhin aufweisend, dass die Sicherheitsperiode (17) an dem Ende des Empfangszeitschlitzes (7) vorgesehen ist.
 
5. Kommunikationseinheit (10) zum Übertragen und Empfangen von Information in einem Zeitmultiplex-Duplex-Kommunikationssystem, bei dem die Information in vorher festgelegten Zeitrahmen (F) übertragen wird, welche eine vorher festgelegte Anzahl von Zeitschlitzen haben, mit einer Zuordnungseinrichtung (15) zum Zuordnen der Zeitschlitze als Empfangszeitschlitze und Übertragungszeitschlitze, wobei zuerst ein Paar, das aus einem Übertragungszeitschlitz und einem Empfangszeitschlitz unmittelbar nach dem Übertragungszeitschlitz besteht, in jedem Rahmen zugeordnet wird, einer Bestimmungseinrichtung zum Bestimmen einer zu übertragenden Informationsmenge, wobei die Schlitzzuweisung durch die Zuordnungseinrichtung (15) geändert wird, wenn sich die zu übermittelnde Informationsmenge ändert,
wobei die Gesamtzahl zugeordneter Zeitschlitze dynamisch geändert wird indem die Zuordnungseinrichtung (15) zusätzliche Empfangszeitschlitze nach dem erwähnten Empfangszeitschlitz und zusätzliche Übertragungszeitschlitze vor dem erwähnten Übertragungszeitschlitz hinzufügt,
wobei zumindest der Zeitschlitz (8) unmittelbar vor dem ersten Übertragungszeitschlitz (1) in dem unmittelbar nachfolgenden Zeitrahmen (Fj+1) als zusätzlicher Übertragungszeitschlitz abhängig von der zu übertragenden Informationsmenge zugeordnet wird, wobei der letzte Zeitschlitz des Zeitrahmens nicht als Empfangszeitschlitz zugeordnet wird und die Zuordnung der Zeitschlitze für alle Zeitschlitze des Rahmens durchgeführt wurde und,
wobei jeder Zeitrahmen (F1, F2, ...) einen der zusätzlichen Empfangszeitschlitze umfasst, wobei der zusätzliche Empfangszeitschlitz unmittelbar von einem Übertragungszeitschlitz gefolgt ist, wobei dieser Übertragungszeitschlitz einer der zusätzlichen Übertragungszeitschlitze oder Teil des nachfolgenden Zeitrahmens ist,
wobei eine Sicherheitsperiode-Einrichtung (16), die Teil der Kommunikationseinheit (10) ist, eine Sicherheitsperiode (17) in dem zusätzlichen Empfangszeitschlitz oder dem Übertragungszeitschlitz unmittelbar nach dem zusätzlichen Empfangszeitschlitz bereitstellt, und der zusätzliche Empfangszeitschlitz und der Übertragungszeitschlitz unmittelbar nach dem zusätzlichen Empfangszeitschlitz der gleichen Kommunikationseinheit (10) zugeordnet sind.
 
6. Kommunikationseinheit (10) gemäß Anspruch 5, weiterhin aufweisend, dass die Anzahl der Empfangszeitschlitze und die Anzahl der Übertragungszeitschlitze unabhängig voneinander sind.
 
7. Kommunikationseinheit (10) gemäß Anspruch 5 oder 6, weiterhin aufweisend, dass in den benachbarten Empfangs- und Übertragungszeitschlitzen ein Empfangszeitschlitz vorausgeht und ein Übertragungszeitschlitz nachfolgt.
 
8. Kommunikationseinheit (10) gemäß Anspruch 7, weiterhin aufweisend, dass die Sicherheitsperioden-Einrichtung (16) die Sicherheitsperiode (17) an dem Ende des Empfangszeitschlitzes (7) bereitstellt.
 


Revendications

1. Procédé de communication pour transmettre et recevoir des informations dans un système de communication à duplexage par répartition dans le temps, dans lequel les informations sont transmises dans des tranches de temps prédéterminées (F) comportant un nombre prédéterminé d'intervalles de temps, ledit procédé comprenant l'étape consistant à
allouer les intervalles de temps comme intervalles de temps de réception et intervalles de temps d'émission, moyennant quoi d'abord une paire composée d'un intervalle de temps d'émission et d'un intervalle de temps de réception suivant directement ledit intervalle de temps d'émission est allouée dans chaque tranche, moyennant quoi, lorsque la quantité d'informations à transférer est changée, le nombre total d'intervalles de temps alloués est changé dynamiquement en ajoutant des intervalles de temps de réception supplémentaires suivant ledit intervalle de temps de réception et en ajoutant des intervalles de temps d'émission supplémentaires précédant ledit intervalle de temps d'émission,
comprenant en outre l'étape consistant à allouer au moins l'intervalle de temps (8) précédant directement le premier intervalle de temps d'émission (1) dans la tranche de temps suivant directement (Fj+1) en tant qu'intervalle de temps d'émission supplémentaire en fonction de la quantité d'informations à transférer, où le dernier intervalle de temps de ladite tranche de temps n'est pas alloué comme intervalle de temps de réception et l'allocation des intervalles de temps a été effectuée pour tous les intervalles de temps de la tranche, et
moyennant quoi
chaque tranche de temps (F1, F2, ...) comprend
un desdits intervalles de temps de réception supplémentaires, ledit intervalle de temps de réception supplémentaire étant directement suivi d'un intervalle de temps d'émission, ledit intervalle de temps d'émission étant un desdits intervalles de temps d'émission supplémentaires ou faisant partie de la tranche de temps suivante,

une période de protection (17) est prévue dans ledit intervalle de temps de réception supplémentaire ou ledit intervalle de temps d'émission suivant directement ledit intervalle de temps de réception supplémentaire, et ledit intervalle de temps de réception supplémentaire et ledit intervalle de temps d'émission suivant directement ledit intervalle de temps de réception supplémentaire sont affectés à la même unité de communication (10).
 
2. Procédé de communication selon la revendication 1,
comprenant en outre le fait que
le nombre d'intervalles de temps de réception et le nombre d'intervalles de temps d'émission sont indépendants l'un de l'autre.
 
3. Procédé de communication selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
comprenant en outre le fait que
dans lesdits intervalles de temps de réception et d'émission adjacents, un intervalle de temps de réception (7) est précédent et un intervalle de temps d'émission est suivant.
 
4. Procédé de communication selon la revendication 3,
comprenant en outre le fait que
ladite période de protection (17) est prévue à la fin dudit intervalle de temps de réception (7).
 
5. Unité de communication (10) pour transmettre et recevoir des informations dans un système de communication à duplexage par répartition dans le temps,
dans lequel les informations sont transmises dans des tranches de temps prédéterminées (F) comportant un nombre prédéterminé d'intervalles de temps,
comprenant
un moyen d'allocation (15) pour allouer les intervalles de temps comme intervalles de temps de réception et intervalles de temps d'émission, moyennant quoi d'abord une paire composée d'un intervalle de temps d'émission et d'un intervalle de temps de réception suivant directement ledit intervalle de temps d'émission est allouée dans chaque tranche ;
un moyen de détermination pour déterminer une quantité d'informations à transférer, moyennant quoi l'allocation d'intervalle par le moyen d'allocation (15) est changée lorsque la quantité d'informations à transférer est changée,
où le nombre total d'intervalles de temps alloués est changé dynamiquement par le biais dudit moyen d'allocation (15) ajoutant des intervalles de temps de réception supplémentaires suivant ledit intervalle de temps de réception et ajoutant des intervalles de temps d'émission supplémentaires précédant ledit intervalle de temps d'émission,
moyennant quoi au moins l'intervalle de temps (8) précédant directement le premier intervalle de temps d'émission (1) dans la tranche de temps suivant directement (Fj+1) est alloué en tant qu'intervalle de temps d'émission supplémentaire en fonction de la quantité d'informations à transférer,
où le dernier intervalle de temps de ladite tranche de temps n'est pas alloué comme intervalle de temps de réception et l'allocation des intervalles de temps a été effectuée pour tous les intervalles de temps de la tranche, et
moyennant quoi
chaque tranche de temps (F1, F2, ...) comprend un desdits intervalles de temps de réception supplémentaires, ledit intervalle de temps de réception supplémentaire étant directement suivi d'un intervalle de temps d'émission, ledit intervalle de temps d'émission étant un desdits intervalles de temps d'émission supplémentaires ou faisant partie de la tranche de temps suivante,

un moyen de période de protection (16), qui fait partie de ladite unité de communication (10), fournit une période de protection (17) dans ledit intervalle de temps de réception supplémentaire ou ledit intervalle de temps d'émission suivant directement ledit intervalle de temps de réception supplémentaire, et ledit intervalle de temps de réception supplémentaire et ledit intervalle de temps d'émission suivant directement ledit intervalle de temps de réception supplémentaire sont affectés à la même unité de communication (10).
 
6. Unité de communication (10) selon la revendication 5,
comprenant en outre le fait que
le nombre d'intervalles de temps de réception et le nombre d'intervalles de temps d'émission sont indépendants l'un de l'autre.
 
7. Unité de communication (10) selon la revendication 5 ou 6,
comprenant en outre le fait que
dans lesdits intervalles de temps de réception et d'émission adjacents, un intervalle de temps de réception est précédent et un intervalle de temps d'émission est suivant.
 
8. Unité de communication (10) selon la revendication 7,
comprenant en outre le fait que
ledit moyen de période de protection (16) fournit ladite période de protection (17) à la fin dudit intervalle de temps de réception (7).
 




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